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From the ArchivesNeighbours in a foreign country: a new border divides villages in two
After the split of Czechoslovakia at the beginning of 1993, Radio Prague
devoted several programmes to the impact of the new border on ordinary
people’s lives. For most, life stayed much the same, but the split did
have a very real impact on people living close to the border, and on Czechs
living in Slovakia or vice versa. Here is one Slovak student, settled in
the Czech Republic, talking to Radio Prague a few months after the split:
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SpotlightThe Four Corners of the Czech Republic, Pt. II: The Sudetenland
On the one hand, marking off one’s territory is said to be a basic human
trait, and on the other, there is nothing that comes so naturally to people
as defying a boundary and exploring the other side. The Czech/German/Polish
tri-border is an excellent example of this. More
Current AffairsInterior Ministry plans retaliatory measures to stop German police
One and a half years after the Czech Republic’s entry into the
border-free Schengen zone and its citizens are still falling victim to
discriminatory police checks on the German side of the border, or so the
Czech Interior Ministry insists. Now, the ministry is planning a system of
retaliatory, tit-for-tat measures in a bid to make German police change
their tack. More
Talking PointFive years of membership fuels reflections over Czechs’ EU record
The Czech Republic formally entered the European Union along with nine
other countries on May 1, 2004, in what is the biggest enlargement staged
so far by the EU. Five years on, the anniversary has been greeted with
satisfaction rather than celebration. But there is still a feeling that the
country could have done more to make its EU mark.
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Current AffairsCzech Republic to settle Poland’s territorial claims
The Czech government is working on a proposal that will give Poland back
the land it was stripped of in the 1950s, at the order of the Soviet
leadership. While the territory to be returned to the Czech Republic’s
northern neighbour is very small and Polish claims are not disputed, some
mayors that will be affected by the settlement hope their own interests
will also be taken into account.
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